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Lightfoot caught the performance bug early. He was five when he debuted his rendition of “I’m A Little Teapot” at St. Paul’s United Church Sunday School in Orillia. He would go on to study composition, do time as a singing drummer in jazz orchestras, Canadian Broadcast arranger, and session player, even recording with guitar legend Chet Atkins in Nashville in 1962 before moving into folk rock. Working for a time with the same manager as Bob Dylan, the two remained tight friends as they both played Greenwich Village clubs and the folk circuit....

Halo Episode 5 At last, Halo has figured out how to combine its emotional core with a bit of action. It’s a pity that core doesn’t shine a bit brighter, but hardcore Halo fans might find this episode worth it for the action alone. Feats from the games, and what looks like some polished-up animation, make the final battle a lot of fun, although some character beats still lack polish. Most of the secrets are out....

It’s boon; because we have seen incredible innovations to make our lives easier and more productive. It’s a bane; because we also hear frequent cyberattacks, costing businesses huge lump-sum of money and reputation. Consequently, it embarked on the need to have advanced technologies to protect businesses and people from mishaps. The more sophisticated the cyber attackers go, the more is the need to stay ahead in the race. Firewalls are introduced to address this concern three decades back, and they are progressing since then....

Harley Quinn Episode 7 Review Aqua-fans rejoice! If you’d been feeling like DC Universe’s Harley Quinn had been far too concerned with what’s going on in the dusty terrain of the surface world then you’ll enjoy the eighth episode of the series which begins with a trip into the watery world of Atlantis. Of course, this is all part of Harley’s plan to join the Legion of Doom which… [Spoiler Alert] seems like less of a pipe dream and more of an unrealistic but maybe possibly achievable hope for the (anti-)heroine as the events of this week’s entry unfold....

1.1 Lyra’s Jordan There’s a frisson surrounding the launch of the BBC’s His Dark Materials, and not just from fans of Philip Pullman’s books anxious to see justice done. Shadowy forces are circling, murmuring about the risk posed by the BBC-HBO adaptation’s high budget. Isn’t it a gamble, worry these concerned bystanders. And with a second series already filmed, wouldn’t it be just dreadful if it failed? A cynic might say that failure is precisely what’s being wished on the BBC from those quarters, and that unless the premiere is met with unqualified rapture and towering ratings, the headlines and Twitter-scrape reaction pieces will be sadly forced to gloat over the very great shame of it all....

Talk about being careful what you wish for. So, says His Dark Materials, you found the previous two episodes so plot-heavy they lacked a bit of emotion? Wallop. Have a scene so painful you’ll never again be able to board a boat without thinking of the girl who left her soul behind. Pan shrinking from the pain of rejection as Lyra walked away from him was almost too much to bear....

Originally a much darker story that was conceived as a bedtime tale for Kirschner’s daughters, the producer was soon pitching the flick to studios as the quintessential Halloween movie. Leaning into the film’s original title of Halloween House, Kirschner even used Halloween decorations, such as a table strewn with candy corn and the movie’s soon-to-be infamous vacuum cleaner “broomstick” hanging from the ceiling, for his pitches to executives. Nonetheless, its status as a holiday classic is something of a Halloween miracle since Hocus Pocus was initially seen as a disappointment....

When it was announced that the iconic 2018 rom-com Love, Simon would receive a spinoff TV series, many worried it wouldn’t be able to find its own unique portrayal of sexual orientation awakening. In the hands of thoughtful showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger and the endearing lead performance from Michael Cimino, Love, Victor is able to cast a wide net of LGBTQ perspectives for the audience to learn and connect to....

Lovecraft Country puts racism at the forefront of its storytelling. Anti-Blackness is as much a character as Leti and Tic. It manifests in many ways on the show, through the protagonists’ engagement with white characters and the systems they control. And through characters like Ruby, whose internalized racism sometimes puts them odds with their own. Anti-Blackness takes on a specific visual language in episode 8, “Jig-A-Bobo”, when Diana is chased by malevolent “pickaninnies”....

Jason Aaron has written just about every corner of the Marvel Universe. His seven year run on Thor is critically beloved and the foundation of Thor: Love and Thunder. He’s been the architect of the Avengers for 50+ issues now, and put in a brief bright spot on Wolverine and the X-Men in one of the mutants’ darkest publishing times. He’s even got a stint on a Max line Punisher book under his belt....

Although no one will ever accuse The Boys of showing restraint when it comes to its over-the-top violence and kinky sex scenes, its source material was even less inhibited by any sense of propriety, and by the time the “Herogasm” miniseries appeared in 2009, comics readers had already experienced thirty issues of sheer depravity. The same could be said of the Prime Video series now that the episode of the same name has aired, but viewers may be surprised that the allusion goes beyond a simple nod to the original....

“No one is coming to rescue you.” “Every home should feel safe and warm and supportive. Everywhere is home.” These two ideas are at the centre of the series finale of Sky Original I Hate Suzie (now airing on HBO Max). It’s a perfect dichotomy of utter hopelessness and never ending hope that closes the series absolutely as it should. The episodes are titled after the stages Suzie goes through, rather like the stages of grief, from Shock, Denial and Fear all the way through to Acceptance....

With The Other History of the DC Universe, he began reshaping one of the oldest and most seminal multiverses in the medium. As that series reaches its midpoint, he’s also just finished his first stint writing one of the most iconic heroes in the DC Comics trinity: Batman. But this isn’t your daddy’s Batman. In fact, Ridley, along with editor Ben Abernathy and artistic collaborator Nick Derington, have crafted a new vision of the Dark Knight....

Director Ridley Scott similarly understood that secret recipe. His film version of Hannibal relishes every Italian colonnade Anthony Hopkins walks under, or the way the shadow of the statue of David casts darkness on its star’s face, often as he stands in the same spot where men were hanged or immolated centuries ago. In its better moments, Scott’s movie savors that this is a story about a devil who covets the divine; it delights in playing like an opera....

DC Universe’s Titans has evolved into an enjoyable stand out in the crowded super-TV arena by balancing violence, dark tones, humor, and interesting character interactions. But as good as the show has become, the ninth episode of the first season takes the series in a shockingly mature direction with a raw, unsettling origin story of sexual violence that is rare for the genre. The Hank Hall of Titans – aka Hawk and one-half of the Hawk and Dove vigilante duo with Dawn Granger – was introduced in the second episode as an alcoholic brawler, and poster boy for aggression and toxic masculinity....

However, when you migrate hosting to cloud-like Google Cloud or AWS, then there are a few things that you got to take care of yourself. Backup is one of them! Lately, I moved Geekflare to Google Cloud Platform and was looking for a one-click backup option, but unfortunately, it doesn’t exist. After some research, I learned the backup procedure is slightly different, and I loved it. The good thing is, that you have full control over your backup....

Such professionals are crucial to software development teams, emphasizing cross-functional and interchangeable responsibilities. However, you must have a clear idea about the job responsibilities and required skills to decide whether you should pursue this career path. Continue reading this post to know the basics of this profession and the top courses you can opt for to become an SDET. What Is SDET? It is the acronym for “Software Development Engineer in Test....

I tried startx command but no help. It looks like Desktop Environment was not installed for some reason. If you are in the same situation then here is how you can install the necessary package to boot in GUI (Graphical User Interface) mode. Let’s install GNOME Desktop with the following command. It will take a few minutes to install the packages needed for GNOME and once done use “startx” command....

Based on the user-agent, a website can change its design elements and resolution to fit the needs of the device/browser and even offer personalized content. User-agent may not mean a lot to a regular user, but it’s extremely important for web developers as they need to make sure their website works fine on all browsers and operating systems. This also holds true for marketers who need to check that their campaigns are working fine on different browsers and operating systems....

Custom data types like datetime need extra modules for conversions. We need modules, especially for datetime conversions as working them was never been easy for programmers. Luckily, python has built-in modules to work with datetime. We will learn how to convert a datetime string to a datetime object in Python using different modules. Before jumping into that, let’s see why we need to convert it in the first place....